The Board has granted service connection for arthritis of the bilateral sacroiliac joints, finding that it is related to the Veteran's service-connected low back disability. The claim for TDIU remains pending as the initial evaluation and effective date have not been assigned.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on secondary service connection due to a service-connected low back disability causing arthritis of the sacroiliac joints.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the bilateral sacroiliac joints
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 9, 2016
- Citation
- 1631717
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further consideration following the assignment of an initial evaluation and effective date for arthritis of the bilateral sacroiliac joints, per the Board's award of service connection for that disability. Relevant VA records and examination reports were associated with the claims file after the issuance of the October 2016 Supplemental Statement of the Case (SSOC).
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